Project Manager

Our client, a renowned broadcaster and digital media provider, has an exciting opportunity for a Project Manager with a background in Software Development. The clients environment is fast paced and dynamic, and you will manage multiple projects at varying stages of the project lifecycle. Typically the Agile methodology is used, however an understanding of other methodologies is desirable. Relevant industry experience would be nice, but is by no means essential.

As Project Manager youll be:

Working with others in IT to define and quantify the Business Case for each proposed project.

Working with business stakeholders to define the benefits that are required from the project to be undertaken.

Ensuring that business deliverables are appropriate to business requirements in terms of quality cost and time-scale.

Contributing to the prioritisation of the projects within the overall programme of work

Developing and/or contribution to the development of the project initiation documentation, where applicable, and mobilise the project.

Ensuring a detailed project plan is developed and maintained, identifying key milestones, tasks, priorities, dependencies and responsibilities.

Working with the relevant functions to specify the resource requirements for each stage of the project and ensure these can be provided from Development, Infrastructure and Operations, Testing and business stakeholders as required.

Applying appropriate formal project management methods to the full systems lifecycle including stakeholder management, risk and issue management, scope control and project monitoring.

Identifying, managing and reviewing risks, including those associated with interdependencies between projects, and take actions to ensure that risks are managed down.

Working closely with business stakeholders directly, to review the level of benefits realisation of the project, undertake post closure project reviews, capturing and sharing lessons learned.

Key Skills:

Educated to degree level or have relative industry qualifications.

Project management experience on large scale or complex Technology projects

Relevant experience in a fast paced industry where IT operates as a strategic partner

Demonstrable relevant experience of operating in a systems development environment, including direct experience in such a role

Hands on experience of delivering software development/implementation projects

Experience of delivering Technology projects through others and without direct control

Previous experience of customer and supplier relationship management relevant to Technology, particularly including management of negotiations

A proven ability to manage and motivate teams

This is a contract vacancy based in Livingston, West Lothian, and will be for 3 months initially. The daily rate of pay lies between 370.00 and 450.00 per day. Please send CV in the first instance.